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Overview

  • 2 references 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Italian, Spanish
  • 44, Male
  • Member since 2006
  • Entrepreneur
  • University of Auckland/ Victoria University Wellington an...
  • From Auckland probably
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Travel back to USA and CA. See some snow. Get ideas what to do next...

ABOUT ME

I'm relatively easygoing and love to meet new people and go to new places... I'm a dual citizen of NZ and the US of A; I Love mountain biking, snowboarding and the outdoors. I like good books, good coffee, good food, good beer, good wine and hanging out with my mates preferably with one or more of the above beverages.

Got my MBA a couple years ago, which I even managed to work some travel into

PHILOSOPHY

Eudaimonia

Interests

Cycling, mountain biking, snowboarding, wine, food, beaches, travelling, madness and random activities

  • books
  • dining
  • wine
  • beer
  • coffee
  • traveling
  • outdoor activities
  • cycling
  • snowboarding
  • beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

http://www.95bfm.co.nz ; Arcade Fire, Pixies, Bright Eyes, Jimi Hendrix, Nada Surf, Violent Femmes, Queen, Leonard Cohen, The Velvet Underground, Iggy and the Stooges, DCFC, Postal Service, Santogold, Vampire Weekend, Rancid, Bob Dylan, ABBA, The Doors, Tribe Called Quest, Beastie Boys, NWA, Pubic Enemy, Daft Punk, Razorlight, Pavement, Stephen Malkmus, U2, Run DMC, old Rolling Stones etc.

Gravity's Rainbow, Against the Day, V, Mason & Dixon- Thomas Pynchon
Anton Checkov's short stories
The Dharma Bums, On the Road- Kerouac
Catch 22- Heller
Heart of Darkness- Conrad
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Rum Diary- HST
TS Eliot and Ezra Pound
Fiesta: The Sun Also Rises- Hemingway
Magic Mountain- Thomas Mann

Thomas Crown Affair, Top Gun, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, THe Royal Tenenbaums and Rushmore. North by Northwest(-most Hitchcock movies actually), Point Break, Layer Cake, Bond Movies, Scarlet Diva, Blow Up, Das Experiment

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Too many to count or name and hoping to add many more...

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